Duterte should retract dangerous statements on West Philippine Sea Carpio By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News
Published May 10, 2021 12:20pm Retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio on Monday asked the Filipino people to call on President Rodrigo Duterte to retract his “dangerous” statements on the West Philippine Sea issue. Speaking to ANC, Carpio said Duterte’s statement that the arbitral ruling in favor of the Philippines is a scrap of paper meant to be thrown in the wastebasket could jeopardize the country’s interests. “The head of state, the President, or even the foreign minister can bind the country with his pronouncements and if these pronouncements are adverse, admissions against interest, this will bind the country if accepted by the other party. And that’s why it’s very dangerous,” he said.
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This composite photo shows President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Malacañang Golf (Malago) Clubhouse in Malacañang Park, Manila on May 5, 2021 and former Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio. (Presidential photo/Simeon Celi; Philstar.com, file) );
Rodrigo Duterte and retired Supreme Court Senior Associate
Justice Antonio Carpio about the
West Philippine Sea row will no longer push through.
In a statement on May 7, Carpio said that the challenge for a debate is “pointless” and a “useless exercise” to begin with, citing no factual disputes to be talked about.